Joan Baez Silver Dagger lyrics

Don`t sing love songs
You`ll wake my mother
She`s sleeping here right by my side
In her right hand, a silver dagger
She says that I can`t be your bride
All men are false
Says my mother
They`ll tell you wicked
Lovin` lies
And then the very next evening
They`ll court another
Leave you alone to pine and sigh

My daddy is a handsome devil
He`s got a chain five miles long
On every link, a heart does dangle
Of another maid he`s loved and wronged, ohhh

Go court another tender maiden
In hopes that she might be your wife
For I`ve been warned so I`ve decided
To sleep alone all of my life